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  1. **** annoying to close the tools when opening a document. The "last tools state" doesn't work in the preferences. Gone back to the old look-n-feel.

    24 votes

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  2. Stop Check for Updates "Update Failed" condition when run by a non Administrator.
    Adobe Reader version 2024.002.20895 (32bit). On some Windows 10 Pcs the "Check for Updates" function works as expected and finds updates if they are available.
    On others the "Check for Updates" function fails with the "Update failed" message, when run by an ordinary user (i.e when not Run as an Administrator).
    But when "Run as Administrator" that same "Check for Updates" function works normally and downloads and installs updates, if they are available.

    1 vote

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  3. Stop the bookmarks opening automatically every time a PDF is opened. They have to be manually closed every time to provide more space to view the architectural drawing. Its very irritating and a very bad idea to have them opening every time as the default setting. They should be closed unless needed, not open and need closing every time.

    7 votes

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  4. Adobe Acrobat Reader asks me why I would switch to the old interface, rejecting the new one. Simple. Old interface: Annoying sidebar always appears initially expanded, but does not obscure the document in any way; rather, the document is scaled down to fit screen appropriately. New Interface: Sidebar now on the left, obscures document annoyingly. Never do I need your sidebar items; I just want to read a document, not write a tome in PDF.

    1 vote

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  5. Acrobat Reader DC MUI v24.002.20687 that is already configured to always open documents in "Protected View" was unable to confirm me that a Digital signature was already existing in a digitally signed document (I even checked Document properties with [Ctrl]+[D]) that when instead opened with Microsoft Edge Enterprise v109.0.1518.140 (Official build)(64-bit) immediately informed me that "This document is digitally signed. Some signatures couldn't be verified. View signatures" and so it immediately allowed me to see what was digital signature.
    Now I understand that 'Protected View' is already a security feature and that also has some limitations (I even found that…

    1 vote

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  6. Please make add the functionality to hide or remove the All Tool menu from the Home view permanently upon launch of the application.

    18 votes

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  7. The app should respect the OS setting to always show scroll bars. Instead, the scroll bar disappears after scrolling even though the OS setting is to always show scroll bars.

    This is an accessibility problem and makes it impossible to drag the scroll bar with a pen.

    Mac OS
    Architecture: arm64
    Processor: Apple M2 Max
    Build: 23.6.20380.0
    AGM: 7.1.3
    CoolType: 9.0.2
    JP2K: 4.0.0.52671

    5 votes

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  8. There should be an option to open files/adobe with Tools and Bookmarks NOT enabled. It is very annoying and inefficient to close those 2 windows every time i open Adobe to read a PDF. See pic of how files open by default, not very useful to see the document contents with a smaller window/screen without closing the undesired left/right bars.

    12 votes

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  9. All Tools automatically opens when a pdf is opened. Meaning to read it in full view you have to close it every time. This is extremely annoying and makes me not want to use pdfs as much. There should be a setting to have it closed by default. And the "Remember current state of Tools Pane" has no effect, seems to be a bug.

    12 votes

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  10. Bookmarks pane needs more contrast between text and background when in dark theme (Dark Gray)

    1 vote

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  11. The new layout is an incredibly annoying 'experience', and it's almost as if Adobe knew it was, because they added the high-level option in the main menu to disable the new 'experience'. It is frustrating that you have to click this every time you reopen reader though, and there is the worry that at some point they will take away the option to disable it! Please go back to the tried and tested layout or give us the option to permanently configure it that way - if something isn't broken, don't try and fix it! Thanks.

    2 votes

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  12. Please remove the "+ Create" button from the taskbar of Adobe Reader. It is too easy to incorrectly click on this button and annoyingly then takes time for the program to generate a blank page.

    3 votes

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  13. I tried to enter a Greek mu into the search bar in Acrobat Reader for Windows.
    The letter is entered by pressing ctrl+m on a German keyboard layout. Acrobat freezes immediately when doing so.

    1 vote

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  14. You need a command/keystroke to move to the same page position but 1.0 pages up/down. So if I'm zoomed in to a region on page 33, let me see the same region of page 34. Not one screen down, not to the top of the next page, not anything else. Don't move me; just change the page. (I believe this is the same in Acrobat and Acrobat Reader.)

    2 votes

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  15. When I mouse wheel away from me I expect the view to zoom out. When I scroll the mouse wheel towards me I expect to zoom in. Please add the option to reverse the mouse wheel zoom as it is so annoying that this is the only software that has the default action backwards and no option to change it.

    2 votes

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  16. Please make the floating toolbar dock-able. It is constantly covering things in my document that I would like to see, no matter where I try to position it. It is really annoying. There is a lot of space in the top menu bar area where all the icons from this toolbar can fit it, where they will be out of the way and easily accessible.

    1 vote

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  17. In the 'New Acrobat' UI, I got a new floating bar on the left top. However, sometimes it hovers over the content and is annoying. I want to have a option/button to collapse it to a small size, and on mouse hover/click it will be expanded again.

    5 votes

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  18. Expand the left flyout to the last open position with a single click. Remove the step that expands the list of icons without opening a panel (such as Pages or Bookmarks).

    Currently, the left flyout can be collapsed with a single click but requires two clicks to reopen the Bookmarks panel (one to expand the list of panels and the second to open the Bookmarks). Given that the list of icons is always available when a panel is open and that users typically return to the same panel once a panel is open, requiring the second click is extremely inefficient…

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  19. I am constantly fighting to see portions of the doccument i am working with in Acrobat reader. Either the tool bar (That I don't use) is in the way and appparently can not be hidden according to every search I have done or, the search pop up reminding me to try AI Assistant is covering a good chunk of the landscape when I need to keep the search field open. Why can we not hide the floating toolbar and why after acknowledging the AI popup does it have to keep popping up? It's annoying and feels intentionally counter productive.

    1 vote

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  20. Poster print doesn't work in latest version of Adobe Reader - tries on both windows and mac

    On mac - Once you have deselected print as image - you can try and print as poster - BUT it only prints to 1 page - what ever you select in the options - you simply cannot print over multiple pages.

    On Windows - It will only allow you to print the 1st page of the poster print - you can not select or print any of the other pages.

    Can this please be fixed
    I am using latest version of Adobe…

    2 votes

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